Combined mailing-card and indicating device.



i No. 830,343. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906.

W. MAGGERALD- COMBINED-MAILING CARD AND INDIOATING DEVICE.

, APPLIOATION'IILED MAR.19, 1906.

Jzzvezzrr a i/15.27% 6Y6??? Z UNITE STATES PATENT CFFTCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed March 19,1906- Serial No, 806.762.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIS MAGGERALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and. useful Improvement in a Combined Mailing-Card and Indicating Device, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

My invention relates to a combined mail ing-card and calendar or other indicating device and its object is to provide a card one side of which forms the usual face of a mailing-card and the other side adapted to form a calendar or similar device, said device being open to inspection and at the same time protected from injury in the mails.

My invention contemplates a card having a certain portion reserved for the address and another portion adapted to be folded against the opposite face of the card and secured thereto, so that the design upon the inner face is thus protected from injury.

My invention further contemplates a structure in which a portion of the printed matter of the indicating device is upon the outside face of the said fold or flap and a portion upon that face of the card over which said flap is folded, so that when certain parts of the flap are cut away the printed matter upon each may be brought into such relation to each other asto form a complete indicating deviceas, for example, a calendar for each month of the year.

These and other features of my invention may be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a card embodying my invention in its unfolded condition. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the card folded, parts being broken away to clearly show the fold. Fig. 3 is a front view showing the calendar after the flap has been cut on the lines indicated in Fig. 2. 'Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the back of the card, indicating the use of said part for the address of card. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 of Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

The card. may be considered as consisting of an upper part A and a flap or lower part B. A design C is printed or otherwise afiixed to the front face a of part A, said design be ing shown in the drawings as consisting of a segmental outline having the numerals 1 to 31, inclusive, arranged in seven col umns to correspond with the seven days of the week, as is customary in calendars. The dividing-lines of these columns are preferably made to converge toward a common center for reasons hereinafter pointed out; The part B is adapted to have its front face 1) folded upon the front face a of the part A along the line indicated by dotted line in Fig. 1. Upon the back I) of the flap B is a design C, adapted to cooperate with the design C to form the calendar or other indicating device. When the flap B is folded upon the part A, as indicated in Fig. 2, the design C is thereby brought into proper relation to the design C.

The upper end of the folded part is secured to the part A by an eyelet c or similar fastening device, preferably located at approximately the point toward which the dividinglines of the design C converge. The flap B is thereby held in place in such manner as to render it unlikely to be injured during transmission through the mails. The back a of the part A constitutes the face of a mailingcard, as indicated in Fig. 4.

When the flap B is out along the lines indicated in Fig. 2, the calendar shown in Fig. 3 is produced. This is most conveniently done by first cutting through both thicknesses B and A on the line (1 and then cutting out the sector E on the lines indicated in Fig. 2. In order to protect the sheet A during the cutting out of said sector, a card may be inserted between the sheets Aand B and a sharp knife run along the indicated lines.

The complete indicating device in its final form. is illustrated in Fig. 3. As shown therein, the design C is also divided into a series of columns by lines also converging to- Ward the pivot c and adapted to form continuations of the lines dividing the columns of design C. Since the sector E is pivoted at the point toward which these lines converge, it is adapted to be rotated to bring any column of design C above any desired column of design C, thus providing a device which can readily be converted to a calendar for any desired month of the year. For exam ple, to provide a calendar for the month of April, the sector E should be turned so that the second column thereon containing the month Apr. forms a continuation of the left-hand column of design C.

As is apparent, the part A and flap B, be-

ing a continuous card, may be printed flat and-may, furthermore, be scored upon face a to indicate the folding-line, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, without an extra im- IIO pression, ink=scoring being unobjectionable, inasmuch as the score-mark is cut away in erfecting the calendar. The operation of folding the flap B and securing it with the eyelet may be accomplished in a single operation, thus simplifying the bindery-work.

While I have described my invention as embodied in-a calendar, it is apparent that it may be embodied in other forms of advertising novelties or for other purposes.

1. A combined card and indicating device, comprising a card having an indicating-de sign on one face thereof, the other side being reserved for the address, and a flap adapted to fold over said design and be secured to the card, said folded flap having a design upon its outer face adapted when the remaining portions are cut away therefrom, to form with said first-named design, a complete indicating device.

2. A combined mailing-card and indicating device comprising a card having one side thereof reserved for the address, the other side being provided with a design, a flap adapted'to fold over said design, and a fastener for securing said flap in folded position, said flap carrying a design and adapted to be converted into a rotary member cooperating with said first-named design to form a changeable indicating device. I

3. The combination with a mailing-card having one face thereof for the address and having a design upon the opposite face, of a flap adapted to fold upon said latter face, said flap being provided with a design adapted when the remaining portion of the flap is cut away therefrom to cooperate with said first-named design to give a desired indication, and a fastener for securing said flap folded upon said card.

4. The combination with a mailing-card having one face thereof for the address and having a design upon the op osite face, of a flap adapted to fold upon sai latter face, and a fastener for securing the upper edge of said folded flap to said card, said flap having a design-bearing portion adapted when the remaining portion is cut away therefrom, to form a rotary member cooperating with said first-named design to constitute a changeable indicating device, said fastener forming a pivot for said rotary member.

5. An indicating device comprising a card provided on one face with a design consisting of a series of columns of indicating characters, a flap adapted to fold over said design, and a fastener securing the folded flap to said card, said flap being adapted to be cut away to leave a portion pivotally mounted upon said fastener, said pivoted portion being provided with a design consisting of a series of columns of indicating characters adapted to cooperate with said first-named design to form a changeable indicating device.

6. A combined mailing-card and indicating device comprising a card having one side thereof reserved for the address, the other side being provided with a design of segmental outline divided into a series of columns of indicating characters by lines converging toward a common center, a flap adapted to fold over said design, and a fastener securing the folded flap to said card at approximately the point toward which said converging lines converge, said flap being adapted to be cut away to leave a sector pivotally mounted upon said fastener and provided with a design consisting of a series of columns of indicating characters divided by lines converging toward said pivotal point and adapted to form continuations of the corresponding lines of said first-named design; whereby said sector may be rotated to bring any column thereof into alinement with any given column of said first-named design.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 16th day of March, A. D. 1906.

WILLIS MAGGERALD.

Witnesses:

D. C. TANNER, A. H. MOORE. 

